HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 072469E - Council Approving NDP - Application For Financial Assistance - 07_24_1969RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK
APPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ANNUAL INCREMENT
THEREOF AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
WHEREASr under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949w as
amended ("Title I"), the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development is authorized to extend financial assistance to
local public agencies in the elimination and prevention of the
spread of their slums and urban blight through undertakings
and activities carried out under a Neighborhood Development
Program; and
WHEREAS the Urban Renewal Agency of the City 6f Lubbock
has prepared and submitted a proposed Neighborhood Development
Program and annual indrement thereof covering the urban renewal
areas described in Annex Number I attached thereto; said proposed
program and annual increment having been duly reviewed and
considered; and
WHEREAS, said Annex Number I attached to the proposed
Neighborhood Development Program includes the existing Coronado
Urban Renewal Area, designated as Urban Renewal Area "A", in
which renewal activities will be continued, and said program
also includes a proposed urban renewal area known as the
Phyllis Wheatley Addition to the City of Lubbock, designated
as Urban Renewal Area "B", in which planning is to be
accomplished in developing an urban renewal plan; and
WHEREASr the Texas Urban Renewal Law requires that an urban
renewal plan for an urban renewal area shall not be prepared
unless the City Council has, by resolution, determinedsuch
an area to be a slum area or a blighted area or a combination
thereof, and designated such an area as appropriate for an
urban renewal program:
NOWT THEREFOREr BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
I. That the Neighborhood Development Program and annual
increment are hereby approved. The City Secretary -Treasurer
is hereby directed to file a copy of said program and annual
increment with the minutes of this meeting.
2. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are im-
posed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal
activities with Federal financial assistance under Title I,
including those relating to (a) the relocation of site
occupants, (b) the provision of local grants-in-aid, and
(c) the prohibition of discrimination because of race, color,
creed, or national origin.
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3„ That the financial assistance available under Title I
is needed to enable the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of
Lubbock to finance the undertakings and activities proposed
in said program and annual increment,
4. That the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Lubbock
is authorized to file an application for financial assistance
to carry out the Neighborhood Development Program and the
annual increment thereof,
$. That it is hereby determined that the Phyllis Wheatley
Addition, designated as the proposed Urban Renewal Area "B"
in the proposed Neighborhood Development Program, is a slum
and blighted area; and said area is hereby designated as
appropriate for an urban renewal program.
Passed by the C i ty Counc i l th i s 2 th day of ,July ,
1969.
APPROVED:
reO V. Jenzer, Jr
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